1916 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1916 Season

Eastern Independent Clubs

1915 / 1917

Top Hitter

Louis
Santop

Top Pitcher

Joe
Williams

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Team	HR
1	Johnny Pugh	BRG/NLS	4
2	Frank Forbes	NLG	2
3	Joe Williams	NLG	2
4	Pearl Webster	BRG	2
5	Jesse Bragg	NLG	2
6	José Suárez	CSE	1
7	Spottswood Poles	NLG	1
8	William Parks	NLS	1
9	Bill Pettus	NLG/NLS	1
10	Ashby Dunbar	BRG/NLS	1

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Lefty Harvey	BRG/NLS	61
2	Dick Redding	NLG	50
3	Francisco Muñoz	JPC	47
4	String Bean Williams	BRG	45
5	Doc Sykes	BRG/NLS	39
6	Joe Williams	NLG	37
7	Gerardo Ballesteros	JPC	26
8	Ad Lankford	NLS	26
9	Pablo Armenteros	CSE	22
10	Luis Padrón	JPC	19

All-1916 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Blainey Hall	NLG	0.3	0.7	-0.3
Denny Despert	BRG	0.2	-0.1	0.3

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Oscar Charleston	NLS	0.7	0.5	0.2
Charles Earle	BRG	0.7	0.6	0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jules Thomas	NLG	0.6	0.3	0.4
Johnny Pugh	BRG/NLS	0.2	0.8	-0.5

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Tomás Romañach	JPC	0.5	0.1	0.3
Julián Fabelo	CSE	0.3	-0.1	0.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Handy	BRG	0.7	0.5	0.2
Jesse Bragg	NLG	0.3	0.0	0.3

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bartolo Portuondo	CSE	0.5	0.1	0.3
Bill Kindle	BRG	0.4	0.4	0.0

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Bill Pettus	NLG/NLS	2.1	1.6	0.5
Bill Pierce	NLG	0.2	0.2	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Louis Santop	BRG/NLS	2.3	2.0	0.2
Doc Wiley	NLG	0.7	0.6	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Joe Williams	NLG	63.1	2.8	2.5	0.3
Francisco Muñoz	JPC	82.1	2.2	2.3	-0.1
Dick Redding	NLG	80.2	2.2	2.4	-0.1
String Bean Williams	BRG	75.1	2.1	2.3	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Tom Williams	AC	8.2	0.3	0.3	0.0
Red Smith	BRG/NLS	10.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

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